SickChill is a popular PVR (personal video recorder) program that automatically downloads TV shows. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install SickChill on MXLinux Latest.
Before installing any new software, it's important to ensure that the system is up-to-date. To do so, open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
This will update and upgrade all the packages on your system.
SickChill is written in Python, so we need to install Python before we can install SickChill. Run the following command in the terminal to install Python:
sudo apt-get install python python-pip python-dev
SickChill is stored on GitHub, so we need to install Git to clone the repository. Run the following command to install Git:
sudo apt-get install git
Now that we have Git installed, we can clone the SickChill repository. Run the following command to clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/SickChill/SickChill.git
This will create a "SickChill" directory in your home directory.
To install SickChill, navigate to the SickChill directory and run the following command:
sudo python SickBeard.py -d
This will install and start SickChill in daemon mode.
SickChill is accessible through a web browser. Open your preferred browser and enter the following URL in the address bar:
http://localhost:8081
You should now be able to access and use SickChill.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install SickChill on MXLinux Latest. SickChill is a powerful PVR program that can automatically download TV shows, and it's definitely worth installing if you're a fan of TV shows.
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